Effects of Melatonin Supplementation during Pregnancy on Reproductive Performance, Maternal-Placental-Fetal Redox Status, and Placental Mitochondrial Function in a Sow Model

• Main Authors: Xie Peng (Author), Xuelin Cai (Author), Jian Li (Author), Yingyan Huang (Author), Hao Liu (Author), Jiaqi He (Author), Zhengfeng Fang (Author), Bin Feng (Author), Jiayong Tang (Author), Yan Lin (Author), Xuemei Jiang (Author), Liang Hu (Author), Shengyu Xu (Author), Yong Zhuo (Author), Lianqiang Che (Author), De Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Melatonin (MT) is a bio-antioxidant that has been widely used to prevent pregnancy complications, such as pre-eclampsia and IUGR during gestation. This experiment evaluated the impacts of dietary MT supplementation during pregnancy on reproductive performance, maternal-placental-fetal redox status,...